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backup everything to the disk array first, then backup the contents of the
disk to tape. I would then need the disks contents deleted ...

How to backup to disk then tape?

I have a disk array and a tape robot. To enable faster backup's I want to
backup everything to the disk array first, then backup the contents of the
disk to tape. I would then need the disks contents deleted to make space
for the following evenings backup.

Does anyone have a similar setup that can give me some guidelines on the
best way of doing this?

Thanks

Re: How to backup to disk then tape?

"Michael Eracleous" wrote:
>I have a disk array and a tape robot. To enable faster backup's I want
to
>backup everything to the disk array first, then backup the contents of the
>disk to tape. I would then need the disks contents deleted to make space
>for the following evenings backup.
>
>Does anyone have a similar setup that can give me some guidelines on the
>best way of doing this?
>
>Thanks
>
>

Re: How to backup to disk then tape?

I have a similar process in place, it was relatively painless to setup -
I have a Solaris Master and a Windows 2000 Media server. The media server
is a simple Win2k Box with 2 TB of attached disk storage...its simply one
big volume. Since this is a media server I simply created a storage unit
pointing to that disk as the source. Backups kick off as scheduled and are
backed up to this disk. Then Netbackup backs up that volume to tape afterwards...seperate
scheduled jobs.
its not peraps the best way but its easy to setup.
I set the image retention at 1 day by the way to make sure there is enough
room for incoming data on the disk-based SU

"Michael Eracleous" wrote:
>I have a disk array and a tape robot. To enable faster backup's I want
to
>backup everything to the disk array first, then backup the contents of the
>disk to tape. I would then need the disks contents deleted to make space
>for the following evenings backup.
>
>Does anyone have a similar setup that can give me some guidelines on the
>best way of doing this?
>
>Thanks
>
>

Re: How to backup to disk then tape?

I thought the entires were removed from the catalogue after the retention
period was up so you could not restore to from this kinda setup.

"Jeff Johnson" wrote in message
news:3f0b4ff3@ROSASTDMZ05....
>
> I have a similar process in place, it was relatively painless to setup -
> I have a Solaris Master and a Windows 2000 Media server. The media server
> is a simple Win2k Box with 2 TB of attached disk storage...its simply one
> big volume. Since this is a media server I simply created a storage unit
> pointing to that disk as the source. Backups kick off as scheduled and
are
> backed up to this disk. Then Netbackup backs up that volume to tape
afterwards...seperate
> scheduled jobs.
> its not peraps the best way but its easy to setup.
> I set the image retention at 1 day by the way to make sure there is enough
> room for incoming data on the disk-based SU
>
>
>
>
>
>
> "Michael Eracleous" wrote:
> >I have a disk array and a tape robot. To enable faster backup's I want
> to
> >backup everything to the disk array first, then backup the contents of
the
> >disk to tape. I would then need the disks contents deleted to make space
> >for the following evenings backup.
> >
> >Does anyone have a similar setup that can give me some guidelines on the
> >best way of doing this?
> >
> >Thanks
> >
> >
>

Re: How to backup to disk then tape?

You are correct Michael, the retention period only deals with the catalog
image and not with the data on the disk. There is cool little program I use
called Delenda. This program deletes or moves files based on the search
parameters I specify. I can be used to delete the contents of a single
folder, or can be setup to traverse through sub folders. Very cool program.
I set it up and have never had to go in and check to make sure it's working.

"Michael Eracleous" wrote in message
news:3f1e99a8@ROSASTDMZ05....
> I thought the entires were removed from the catalogue after the retention
> period was up so you could not restore to from this kinda setup.
>
>
> "Jeff Johnson" wrote in message
> news:3f0b4ff3@ROSASTDMZ05....
> >
> > I have a similar process in place, it was relatively painless to setup -
> > I have a Solaris Master and a Windows 2000 Media server. The media
server
> > is a simple Win2k Box with 2 TB of attached disk storage...its simply
one
> > big volume. Since this is a media server I simply created a storage unit
> > pointing to that disk as the source. Backups kick off as scheduled and
> are
> > backed up to this disk. Then Netbackup backs up that volume to tape
> afterwards...seperate
> > scheduled jobs.
> > its not peraps the best way but its easy to setup.
> > I set the image retention at 1 day by the way to make sure there is
enough
> > room for incoming data on the disk-based SU
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > "Michael Eracleous" wrote:
> > >I have a disk array and a tape robot. To enable faster backup's I want
> > to
> > >backup everything to the disk array first, then backup the contents of
> the
> > >disk to tape. I would then need the disks contents deleted to make
space
> > >for the following evenings backup.
> > >
> > >Does anyone have a similar setup that can give me some guidelines on
the
> > >best way of doing this?
> > >
> > >Thanks
> > >
> > >
> >
>
>